Ring around the rosie, pocket full of posies, ashes, ashes, we all fall DOWN.
"I will NOT tolerate this. She will die. She will die."
He hunted through the patches of corn. Every turn was a new stalk. None lead to his victim.
"YOU FUCKING BITCH, GET BACK HERE-"
"Please don't hurt me Troy, PLEASE! We have a daughter together, our beautiful little girl Aubrey!"
His blood boiled. Nothing else made him more mad than her lies. She had hidden it all this time, and she was going to pay for the four years of his life without Gabriella. His boys suffered, his daughter suffered, and HE suffered. He will never let it happen again.
"Troy, please understand!" He could hear the sobs in her voice, the desperation. "I didn't mean to!"
Troy couldn't imagine how terrible she was feeling. She knew it was going to end. Troy was much faster than her. He had went to college for football, for crying out loud. If you can't run in football, then you're screwed.
The corn stalks were tough and itchy, but he kept on going.
He heard her cries for help, her desperation to get away from him, and he wasn't going to give her the benefit. He raced towards her pice faster than even she could comprehend.
He pulled apart corn stalks, crushing them under his feet, and listening to the juices flow out of them. He knew that he was going to take a life, and it would be tonight.
"PLEASE!" She screams as she can hear Troy getting closer. "DON'T HURT ME!"
Troy spotted her. The blonde hair was short and curly, messy with her running, and her makeup was smeared all over her face. Her clothes were in tatters from their fight earlier, and she didn't even have a pair of jeans on. All that showed was a pair of black underwear.
He grabbed her arm and slammed her into the ground. She screamed and squirmed and cried out, but Troy socked her in the face and blood spewed from her nose. She let out an earth shattering scream. Troy pinned her hands behind her back with a flimsy corn stalk and stuffed her mouth with the sharp corn husks. He sat on her kicking legs.
She was all his. He was not going to let her go.
He looked to the side, and there lies a piece of broken glass. Ally had been holding it, hoping to defend herself, but it wasn't going to help. She dropped it when Troy threw her on the ground.
"You little bitch..." Troy spat in her face. "You tortured my boy for four years..."
She muffled a few words through her sobs, but they were indecipherable. He grasped the piece of glass tightly in his hand. The blood ran down the piece of glass.
"I've waiting four years for this. Four god damn years." He said. "Do you hear me?"
She stared into his eyes, full of fear.
"DO YOU HEAR ME?!"
She cried harder.
And then, it was over.
He disposed of her in the gulf, with the sharks. They gobbled her up quickly.
He had a three hour drive home, with an injured hand. He didn't think of her at all. It was just surreal to him.
When he got home, it was morning. Gabriella was up and getting Talon ready for preschool, while Lyle and Aubrey were eating breakfast. Troy walked in, casually, ready to get the day going.
"Hey, where were you all night?" Gabriella is holding Talon in her arms when she comes out of the hallway. "Aubrey cried for you all night and Lyle and Talon are asking for you."
"Daddy!" Talon slides down from Gabriella and hugs his legs. "I missed you!"
Troy couldn't say a word. He was trying to come up with an excuse.
"I... I was down with my friend at the bar..."
It was better than telling Gabriella he killed his ex girlfriend.
"Troy! What are you thinking?! You idiot! You can't go back to-"
"Gabriella, please..." He holds his hand up. "Just stop-"
"What the hell did you do to your hand?!" She grabs his hand and gasps at it. "You need stitches!"
"I broke a glass bottle. No! I'm not going to a hospital!" He jerks his hand away. "Just... Just leave me the fuck alone!"
He enters the bedroom and slams the door in rage. Talon stands there, in shock, and Gabriella quickly grabs him up in her arms. "Let's get you off to school."
"But daddy-"
"Daddy's just a little mad right now." Gabriella kisses the side of his dad. "Come on, the bus is going to be here soon."
...
Troy was waiting in the apartment when Gabriella opened the door. His hand was neatly wrapped.
"Gabriella..." Tears are falling down his cheeks and he motions for Lyle's bedroom. "Lyle, take Aubrey and go play in your room. Shut the door."
For once, Lyle obeys.
Troy sits on the arm of the chair, sobbing. Gabriella locks the door.
"Troy, where were you last night? And don't lie." She crosses her arms.
"I killed her, Gabriella. I killed her and it was terrible..."
Marley comes to greet Gabriella at the door, and Gabriella picks her up. "We'll Marley is right here. Are you sure you killed her? I know she's been getting on your nerves."
Troy shook his head. "No, not Marley. Ally. I slaughtered her. She was screaming and crying and I was raged..."
"Oh Troy..." She sets Marley down as tears begin to flow. "You'll go to prison..."
"They won't find out. They won't." Troy says. "I dumped her in the gulf. I went to New Orleans to find her and I fed her to the sharks. They won't find her."
"What were you thinking?! I told you that she didn't mean it! Troy, she was angry! Couldn't you just leave it the hell alone?! Was getting me back not enough?"
"Gabriella, I had to avenge your death! She wasn't going to get away with it!"
"You are a FUCKING idiot!" She sobs and grabs his shoulders, staring into his eye. "AN IDIOT!"
She slammed the door. Life as he knew it was over.